Opening Roster?

The Hawks' Opening Night Roster appears to be set, barring any unforeseen trades, mishaps or Grand Jury Summons.  Bryan Bickell has, for now, avoided a trip to Rockford; he cleared waivers over the weekend but The Hawks have the ability to send him to The AHL without further exposure until he has played 10 NHL games or 30 days have elapsed, whichever occurs first.  Placing Bicks on waivers was all about shedding some salary, no one took the bait, so it's business as usual for the moment.
So, here's what we have to start with:

Andrew Shaw ---  Jonathan Toews --- Marian Hossa

Artemi Panarin --- Artem Anisimov --- Patrick Kane

Bryan Bickell --- Teuvo Teravainen --- Ryan Garbutt

Andrew Desjardins --- Marcus Kruger --- Kyle Baun

    Viktor Tikhonov

These line combos are, of course, approximate, although I expect all but the third line to be pretty much as indicated here.  A few talking points remain, the first being whether it will be Bickell or Tikhonov who sits out on Wednesday.  As you can see, I've predicted it will be Tikhonov.
The third line is a bit of a question mark in general; one cannot predict where and how line chemistry will arise, but this third line just looks like a bunch of stuff thrown together.  I am fully prepared to be wrong on this count, but I think any chemistry that the third line obtains will involve Tikhonov rather than Bickell.
Second, how long will Andrew Shaw remain on the top unit? He doesn't belong there but, if not Shaw, then who?  Bickell?  Not until he launches a spirited comeback from a couple of lackluster seasons.  Teravainen?  Why not?  Shaw will get a lot of rope with this assignment and will be difficult to dislodge, so someone will have to play their way onto the top trio while Shaw plays himself out of that spot.
Finally, how long can we expect Kyle Baun to stick around?  While I would be very pleased to see Baun complement the set-in-stone pair of Kruger and Desjardins I would also be very surprised to see that happen as I'm not convinced the talent is there nor will he get enough ice time to capitalize on this opportunity.  With Kruger/Desjardins likely being first over the boards to kill penalties Baun will be fortunate to crack 8 minutes of ice time on Wednesday.  I expect Baun to swap places in Rockford with Dano before long, with Dano displacing Garbutt to the fourth line, where be belongs, anyway.

Keith --- Seabrook

Daley --- Hjalmarsson

Van Riemsdyk --- Rundblad

    Cumiskey

    Svedberg

    Rozsival

Yeah, to start, anyway.  Look to see Keith, Seabrook and Hjalmarsson taking extra spins with either half of the bottom pair to minimize the number of shifts they're actually on the ice together.  Rozsival will be placed on IR or possibly even LTIR soon enough, so it will be Cumiskey and Svedberg who will step into the breach as soon as Rundblad screws up, so expect Cumiskey to be in the lineup on Friday against Brooklyn.  I was a little surprised to see Svedberg stick but, you know, 6'8" and all that, and at least Quenneville can use him as a forward, right?  Right??!  Regardless, that third pairing will be a revolving door of weird decisions, poor deployment and limited ice time all season, so buck the hell up and get used to it.  

Crawford --- Darling

As it should be.

Hopefully, this will conclude any preseason posting - - - looking forward to a Big Boy post on Wednesday.  Go Hawks.